current/future projects

at the moment, i am making some business cards for the shop! i don't have a printer, so i really thought about using an online business card shop or someone from etsy, but in the end i decided to continue with the whole "homemade" thing and make my own cards! i like how they look so far, all embossed and tea stained! :)
today i used my new book cradle that i made to punch out holes in a few book blocks that i folded over. works fairly well! though the awl i have is kind of broken so i may need a new one :T
current cover ideas in the making, for which i bought my fabric and materials for include: a puffin book using some really soft and fluffy gray wool i found and am going to sew a puffin cut out of felt onto, a baby scrapbook using this adorable ducky fleece, a wedding album out of pretty and swirly light blue suede-like material with stitching on it, a pool ball book using green felt and wood painted to look like a pool ball recycled from "clue" the musical, and reusing an antique book cover to make a brand new book!

i also found a book block made out of the tea stained paper from a while back, and i think i'm going to use it for the country western book i'm going to make out of black leather and used blank bullet shells! i'm hoping that i'll be able to stamp leather by then (i'm going to practice using some leather i bought -- and might make necklaces and other accessories out of!) so that i can make some designs on the cover too :)

and that's all for now! lots of stuff to keep me busy, yay!

the name

soooooo! i thought that if anybody wanted to know why "flurrsprite's nook", then they can read about it here :) "flurr sprite" is a character i made up and has since become my screen name. here is a picture of her, drawn by the fabulous peet cooper:

and "nook" because i am currently residing in a place best described as a nook... it is basically a hole in the wall with my bed in it:

that is where i attempt to make all of my items! i do sit on the floor in the hallway, and occasionally steal the dining table downstairs, but yep! this is my home for the next few months :D

setting up a shop blog

well, i decided that it might be neat to set up a "shop blog" for any customers who might be interested in what i'm doing and how i'm doing it! i will try to update this as much as possible with current projects and future plans, though entries will probably be sporadic. i blame my 14 hour a day, 6 days a week theatre internship ;)

huzzah for etsy!